--- loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2007/11/20 17:53:22	1.414
+++ loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2008/01/14 14:32:14	1.415
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.414 2007/11/20 17:53:22 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.415 2008/01/14 14:32:14 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -754,7 +754,8 @@ sub start_problem {
     }
 
     if ($target ne 'analyze') {
-	$Apache::lonhomework::type=&Apache::lonnet::EXT('resource.0.type');
+        my $type = &Apache::lonnet::EXT('resource.0.type');
+	$Apache::lonhomework::type=$type;
 	if (($env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') &&
 	    $env{'form.problemtype'} =~ /\S/) {
 	    $Apache::lonhomework::type=$env{'form.problemtype'};